Sweden
Swedish Social Democratic Party
Social democracy
Governed Sweden for most of the twentieth century and built the Nordic welfare model. Campaigns on universal public services, collective bargaining and full employment.
- Founded
- 1889
- Positions as of
- 2022 election manifesto
- Last verified
What does it believe?
Wealth and inequality
Built and defends a universal welfare state financed by broad-based taxation, with wages set by collective agreement rather than statutory minimum.
Nation and the world
Reversed two centuries of non-alignment by applying for NATO membership in 2022.
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
Evidence: Documented
Tradition and change
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
Evidence: Well documented
Religion and the state
Evidence: Documented
Power and its limits
Evidence: Well documented
Environment and growth
Evidence: Well documented
Crime and punishment
Evidence: Documented
Sources
Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.
- Party Programme · Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti · 2013
- Valmanifest · Socialdemokraterna · 2022
Logo: 2022 Stockholm City Council election (cropped).svg · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons.